Bladen vs Guide Rock

A side-by-side comparison of Bladen and Guide Rock: population, income, housing, and more.

Bladen and Guide Rock are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Guide Rock has the higher population (295 vs 174 in Bladen). Bladen has the higher median household income ($63,194 vs $44,286 in Guide Rock). Bladen has the higher median home value ($63,900 vs $47,200 in Guide Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Bladen	Guide Rock
Population	174	295
Median age	50.3 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,194	$44,286
Median home value	$63,900	$47,200
Housing units	100	157
Homeownership rate	97.6%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bladen	Guide Rock
Population	175 → 174 (-0.6%)	204 → 295 (+44.6%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $63,194 (+41.4%)	$46,250 → $44,286 (-4.2%)
Median home value	$51,800 → $63,900 (+23.4%)	$21,900 → $47,200 (+115.5%)

Bladen

Population

175174

Median household income

$44,688$63,194

Median home value

$51,800$63,900

Guide Rock

Population

204295

Median household income

$46,250$44,286

Median home value

$21,900$47,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bladen	Guide Rock
Under 5	2.3%	0.7%
5 to 17	17.8%	24.7%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.1%
25 to 34	5.2%	5.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	22.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	13.9%
55 to 64	20.1%	9.5%
65 to 74	19.5%	9.8%
75 and over	4.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bladen	Guide Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	67.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	31.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bladen	Guide Rock
No high school diploma	5.4%	18.3%
High school graduate	46.9%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bladen	Guide Rock
Drove alone	83.1%	61.5%
Carpooled	1.1%	34.1%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	9.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	0.0%
Other means	2.2%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bladen	Guide Rock
1-unit, detached	93.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bladen	Guide Rock
Poverty rate	5.2%	18.3%
Average household size	2.05	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1938	1938